Computer Science
Scientific paper
Jul 2005
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HST Proposal ID #10544
Computer Science
Hst Proposal Id #10544 Stellar Populations
Scientific paper
The identity of the lens objects for most of the LMC microlensing events seen by the MACHO Project is unknown. The most popular explanations include a previously unknown population of old, cool white dwarfs in the Galactic halo or in a very thick disk, or a variation standard LMC models that would allow most events to be caused by faint LMC stars. This uncertainty exists because it is usually impossible to determine the lens distance from the observable features of a microlensing event. Distance estimates can be obtained by measuring the microlensing parallax effect with simultaneous observations of the events from Earth and from a small { 30cm} telescope located 1-2 AU from the Earth. Such a telescope has just been launched: the High Resolution Instrument on the flyby spacecraft of the Deep Impact {DI} Mission. This telescope has been placed in an ideal orbit for LMC microlensing parallax measurements, and the telescope will be at a distance of >1 AU from Earth when the DI prime mission ends this August. Our group plans to take advantage of this fortuitous circumstance and propose a "new science" extended mission for the DI flyby spacecraft to resolve the LMC microlensing puzzle with microlensing parallax observaions. This project is compatible with the DI Science Teams extended mission plans to visit a 2nd comet, and our extended mission proposal to NASA will be written in collaboration with the Deep Impact Science team. A crucial feature of these proposed microlensing parallax measurements is the determination of the absolute brightness of the source stars, which can only be resolved with HST images. The source star brightness must be measured over the entire sensitivity range of the Deep Impact High Resolution Instrument clear filter: 300-1000nm. We therefore request UBVriz HST images to resolve the blending of the microlensed LMC source stars observed by the Deep Impact 30cm telescope.
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